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Eagle Pass is a city in and the county seat of Maverick County, Texas, United States. Its population was 28,130 as of the 2020 census . [ 4 ] Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila , Mexico , which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande river.
Eagle Pass voted 83–3 against secession from the Union. [5] Fort Duncan was occupied by Confederate troops during the Civil War. Eagle Pass was chosen as a trade depot for the Military Board of Texas. Eagle Pass was a major terminus of the Cotton Road, custom house and Confederate port of entry into Mexico 1863–65.
The park is owned and maintained by the City of Eagle Pass. It was created using Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds after the area was cleared of homes and businesses following major flooding in 1998 and named for Confederate General Joseph O. Shelby, who fled to Mexico through Eagle Pass in 1865. [1] [2]
In many ways, Eagle Pass has become the focal point of the state’s efforts to bolster the border. Texas is building an 80-acre military base with a capacity to house more than 2,000 National ...
In 2014, the most recent year for which data was available, workers without permanent status paid over $26 million in taxes, including $15.5 million in sales tax, $8.4 million in property tax and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican governor of Texas on Friday announced plans to build a military "base camp" in the city of Eagle Pass near the U.S.-Mexico border as part of efforts to stop ...
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Eagle Pass, Texas. Pages in category "People from Eagle Pass, Texas" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
EAGLE PASS — With the familiar backdrop of camouflage-painted tactical vehicles and National Guard soldiers outfitted in fatigues, Gov. Greg Abbott joined 11 of his Republican counterparts in a ...